Kristin Sims, RNC, MSN, NEA-BC, has joined the leadership team of Mid Coast Health Services as the Vice President for Nursing and Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer. With more than 30 years of healthcare experience, her strategic direction and vision will lead the development and continued excellence of the clinical nursing practice throughout the organization.

Peter Hutchinson, MD, has joined Mid Coast Medical Group–Orthopedics and the active medical staff of Mid Coast Hospital as an orthopedic surgeon specializing in hand and upper extremity surgery. He joins the team of four board-certified surgeons, offering comprehensive orthopedic surgery and treatment services.

The Mid Coast Hospital Auxiliary announces completion of its $120,000 pledge to support the hospital’s initiative of implementing a new infant security system in Maternity Care. The upgraded system has been in place since last summer, offering state-of-the-art security to babies and their families.

Beginning with the New Year, Midcoast residents have an additional choice when selecting a primary care provider. Deirdre B. Heersink, DO, has joined the team at Mid Coast Medical Group-Topsham Family Practice and the active medical staff of Mid Coast Hospital, providing routine and preventative care tochildren and adults. The Family Practice office opened in October 2014, co-located with Mid Coast Medical Group-Topsham Internal Medicine, in the new medical office building on Wellness Way, just off Route 196 in Topsham.

Mid Coast Hospital was recognized at the gold level in this year’s Maine Tobacco-Free Hospital Network Gold Star Standards of Excellence Recognition Program. At the awards ceremony held Tuesday in Augusta, Mid Coast received its gold level recognition plaque. Vicki Koehler, RN, COHN-S, and Stacey Schmidt, RRT, were also recognized as individual Gold Star Champions for their hard work in promoting tobacco-free lifestyles to patients, staff, and visitors.

Mid Coast Hospital recently enhanced its recycling efforts by adding composting to its list of environment-friendly initiatives. Beginning November 4, the Hospital implemented a new composting program that reduces the amount of garbage disposed of into the waste stream, while supplying nutrient-rich soil for gardening and landscaping.

Mid Coast Medical Group (MCMG), in collaboration with JHR Development, began construction on a 20,000-square-foot medical building in downtown Bath, Maine. Mid Coast leaders, medical staff, key stakeholders and community members gathered at the construction site on Thursday, October 16, to break ground on the new facility and celebrate the future of health in the community.

Mid Coast Medical Group-Women's Health Care physicians Gregory L. Gimbel, MD, and Melissa J. Streeter, MD, recently became board certified by The American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery. Also known as Urogynecology, the additional specialty signifies their expertise in the treatment of pelvic floor dysfunction in women.

We had just moved to Maine from Massachusetts the week before when my son stepped on a nail. He had no health insurance but we had to bring him to Emergency (he needed a tetanus shot). Having gone to Emergency Rooms in Mass. we knew (so we thought) that it would be at least a 4 hour ordeal. (One time I was there in Mass. 8 hours as was my son another time.)

James Marc-Aurele, Clinical Supervisor of Occupational Therapy, finds inspiration every day in the courage and perseverance of the cancer survivors whom he treats for lympedema. "It is an honor to be part of their care team,” he says.
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